Marquez and Pedrosa on second row at MotorLand Aragon

Under the sunny skies that blessed the second day of the Aragon Grand Prix, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa qualified in fifth and sixth places, respectively, and tomorrow will start side by side from the second row together with fellow Honda rider Cal Crutchlow.

The Repsol Honda men were fast in the dry today, as they had been yesterday in the wet. Marc was first in FP3 and third in FP4, and set the provisional fastest lap in his first attempt in qualifying. A crash at turn 12 during his second flying lap prevented him from fighting for the pole.

Dani also showed a good pace in FP3 (third fastest) and FP4 (second fastest) and just missed a perfect lap in qualifying, but he’s looking forward to tomorrow’s race.

Marc Marquez

5th1'47.963

“Today wasn’t easy because with conditions completely different from yesterday, we started from zero and maybe we didn’t immediately find the best direction with the setup of the bike. I was fast in FP3 but actually I wasn’t feeling perfectly comfortable. We made some changes for FP4 and I finally felt good on my last run with used tyres. That’s positive and we’ll keep working in that direction in the warm-up to further improve the setup. In qualifying I probably pushed a bit too much, went wide, and crashed. So, second row is not the best, but our speed is there and I’m happy with that. We need to analyse everything and make a good tyre choice, which will be challenging as we don't have much data, but anyway, I think we have the pace to fight for the podium.”

Dani Pedrosa

6th1'48.107

“Today we tried to do the best work possible for the dry conditions, working as much as we could on our bike’s setup and on tyres. We didn't have much time to try everything we wanted, so we made the choices we think will work better for the race. I was able to lap fast in FP3 and FP4, while in qualifying unfortunately I wasn’t able to do two very good laps. Anyway, we have to look to tomorrow now, to finalize the setup in the warm-up, and to correctly choose the tyres. Marc and Maverick look very strong, so we must keep focused and try to make no mistakes.”

MotoGP 2017Saturday, September 23rd 2017

Qualifying
Round 14
Gran Premio de AragónAragon

Results Session

Sunny

Humidity

60%

Track Temp

40°C

Air Temp

24°C

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Vinales Maverick

25

SPA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

1'47.635

2

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

Ducati Team

Ducati

1'47.735

3

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

1'47.815

4

Crutchlow Cal

35

GBR

Honda

1'47.830

5

Marquez Alex

12

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

1'47.963

6

Pedrosa Dani

26

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

1'48.107

7

Dovizioso Andrea

04

ITA

Ducati Team

Ducati

1'48.137

8

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

1'48.159

9

Bautista Alvaro

19

SPA

Pull&Bear Aspar Team

Ducati

1'48.187

10

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

1'48.289

11

Zarco Johann

5

FRA

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

1'48.402

12

Kallio Mika

36

FIN

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM

1'48.471

13

Miller Jack

43

AUS

Marc VDS Racing Team

Honda

1'48.307 Q1

14

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM

1'48.387 Q1

15

Abraham Karel

17

CZE

Pull&Bear Aspar Team

Ducati

1'48.467 Q1

16

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

Octo Pramac Racing

Ducati

1'48.908 Q1

17

Baz Loris

76

FRA

Reale Avintia Racing

Ducati

1'48.911 Q1

18

Folger Jonas

94

GER

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

1'49.034 Q1

19

Barbera Hector

8

SPA

Reale Avintia Racing

Ducati

1'49.052 Q1

20

Rins Alex

42

SPA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

1'49.233 Q1

21

Rabat Tito

53

SPA

Marc VDS Racing Team

Honda

1'49.258 Q1

22

Redding Scott

45

GBR

Octo Pramac Racing

Ducati

1'49.288 Q1

23

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM

1'49.578 Q1

24

Lowes Sam

22

GBR

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

1'50.769 Q1

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Location Information

An ultra-modern facility, MotorLand Aragón had its roots firmly established thanks to a solid history of street racing in Alcañiz, which hosted events between 1963 and 2003. Safety advice warning against the continuation of this led to the proposal and construction of a sporting complex dedicated to motorsport. With support… read more.

Location Information

An ultra-modern facility, MotorLand Aragón had its roots firmly established thanks to a solid history of street racing in Alcañiz, which hosted events between 1963 and 2003. Safety advice warning against the continuation of this led to the proposal and construction of a sporting complex dedicated to motorsport. With support… read more.